Syntax for executing an exe file

[5218]

I can't seem to know what I should put after the directory address in the exec commmand.
I need to program a bounce bar that allows the user to select an option and from his/her selection, I need to execute that selected program.
E.g. my exec command looks like this:
exec('c:\tp\bin\xo.exe','???'); My problem is how to execute an exe file from a parent program.
Thanks for everything

 

[gwar2k1]

"open"
"close"
etc. all the windows parameters for running a program. if you're still unsure, go into a windows folder and look at file extension associations and then look at any particular one (exe would be more beneficial) then you'll see "action" with a list box most probably with "open" in bold.

 

[Bertv100]

check out the FAQ on my website

(whenever I've got some time I'll put them back here on tek-tips)

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[5218]

It seems like I have to reduce the heap size
How do I do that?

 

[Bertv100]

{$M <stacksize> <heapmin> <heapmax>}

if heapmin = heapmax = 0 you reserved no heap memory
if heapmin = 0 and heapmax = 655360 you reserve the maximum amount of memory available as heap
if heapmin = heapmax = 655360 you reserve the maximum amount of memory as heap (if there's not enough memory your program won't run)


Regards,
Bert Vingerhoets
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http://student.vub.ac.be/~bvingerh/

Don't worry what people think about you. They're too busy wondering what you think about them.

 

[lionelhill]

In case it's not already apparent, your &quot;parent&quot; program must ask for as small a heap (and stack) as it can get away with. By default it will ask for everything, leaving no space for the daughter program.